La Semana Santa es la conmemoración anual cristiana de la Pasión, Muerte y Resurrección de Jesús de Nazaret o, lo que es igual, conmemorar sus últimos días; por ello, es un período de intensa actividad litúrgica dentro de las diversas confesiones cristianas. Da comienzo el Domingo de Ramos y finaliza el Domingo de Resurrección, aunque su celebración suele iniciarse en varios lugares el viernes anterior (Viernes de Dolores) y se considera parte de la misma el Domingo de Resurrección.
La Semana Santa va precedida por la Cuaresma, que culmina en la Semana de Pasión donde se celebra la eucaristía en el Jueves Santo, se conmemora la Crucifixión de Jesús el Viernes Santo y la Resurrección en la Vigilia Pascual durante la noche del Sábado Santo al Domingo de Resurrección.
Durante la Semana Santa tienen lugar numerosas muestras de religiosidad popular a lo largo de todo el mundo, destacando las procesiones y las representaciones de la Pasión.
Domingo de Ramos :: 28 de marzo de 2010
«Sobre la vida y la obra de Jesús, la carta a los Hebreos puso como lema una frase del salmo 40: «No quisiste sacrificio ni oblación; pero me has formado un cuerpo» (Hb 10, 5). En lugar de los sacrificios cruentos y de las ofrendas de alimentos se pone el cuerpo de Cristo, se pone él mismo. Sólo «el amor hasta el extremo», sólo el amor que por los hombres se entrega totalmente a Dios, es el verdadero culto, el verdadero sacrificio. Adorar en espíritu y en verdad significa adorar en comunión con Aquel que es la verdad; adorar en comunión con su Cuerpo, en el que el Espíritu Santo nos reúne.»
[ Homilía durante la celebración del Domingo de Ramos y de la Pasión del Señor, 2009 ]
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Jueves Santo :: 1 de abril
La liturgia del Jueves Santo es una invitación a profundizar concretamente en el misterio de la Pasión de Cristo.
«Antes del día de la fiesta de la Pascua, sabiendo Jesús que llegó la hora en que pasara de este mundo al Padre, habiendo amado a los suyos que estaban en el mundo, les amó hasta el fin. Y hecha la cena, habiendo ya el diablo inspirado en el corazón de Judas, hijo de Simón Iscariotes, que lo entregase, sabiendo que el Padre lo había entregado a su potestad y que de Dios salió y a Dios va, se levanta de la cena y depuso sus vestiduras; y tomando un paño se ciñó con él; después echó agua en una jofaina y empezó a lavar los pies de sus discípulos y a limpiarlos con el paño que se había ceñido. Vino, pues, a Simón Pedro. Y díjole Pedro: "Señor, ¿tú me lavas los pies?" Respondió Jesús y dijo: "Lo que yo hago, tú no lo sabes ahora, mas lo sabrás después". Díjole Pedro: "No me lavarás jamás los pies". Respondióle Jesús: "Si no te lavare, no tendrás parte conmigo". Díjole Simón Pedro: "Señor, no solamente los pies, sino también las manos y la cabeza". Dícele Jesús: "El que ha sido lavado no necesita sino de que se lave los pies, porque está todo limpio; y vosotros estáis limpios, pero no todos"; porque sabía quién era el que lo había de entregar: por esto dijo no estáis todos limpios. Luego que les lavó los pies, tomó sus vestidos; y cuando se hubo sentado, díjoles de nuevo: "¿Sabéis lo que he hecho con vosotros?; vosotros me llamáis Maestro y Señor, y decís bien: lo soy, en efecto: si pues yo, el Señor y Maestro he lavado vuestros pies, también vosotros debéis lavaros mutuamente los pies: os he dado el ejemplo, para que así como yo hice a vosotros, así también vosotros lo hagáis.»
[ Homilía del Santo Padre durante la Santa Misa Crismal ]
[ Homilía del Santo Padre durante la Santa Misa «In Cena Domini» ]
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Viernes Santo :: 2 de abril
El Viernes Santo presenta el drama inmenso de la muerte de Cristo en el Calvario. La cruz erguida sobre el mundo sigue en pie como signo de salvación y de esperanza.
Los títulos de Jesús componen una hermosa Cristología. Jesús es Rey. Lo dice el título de la cruz, y el patíbulo es trono desde donde el reina. Es sacerdote y templo a la vez, con la túnica inconsútil que los soldados echan a suertes. Es el nuevo Adán junto a la Madre, nueva Eva, Hijo de María y Esposo de la Iglesia. Es el sediento de Dios, el ejecutor del testamento de la Escritura. El Dador del Espíritu. Es el Cordero inmaculado e inmolado al que no le rompen los huesos. Es el Exaltado en la cruz que todo lo atrae a sí, por amor, cuando los hombres vuelven hacia él la mirada.
Sábado Santo :: 3 de abril
Durante el Sábado santo la Iglesia permanece junto al sepulcro del Señor, meditando su pasión y su muerte, su descenso a los infiernos y esperando en oración y ayuno su resurrección).
Es el día del silencio: la comunidad cristiana vela junto al sepulcro. Callan las campanas y los instrumentos. Se ensaya el aleluya, pero en voz baja. Es día para profundizar. Para contemplar. El altar está despojado. El sagrario, abierto y vacío.
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Domingo de Resurrección :: 4 de abril
El Domingo de Resurrección o Vigilia Pascual es el día en que incluso la iglesia más pobre se reviste de sus mejores ornamentos, es la cima del año litúrgico. Es el aniversario del triunfo de Cristo. Es la feliz conclusión del drama de la Pasión y la alegría inmensa que sigue al dolor. Y un dolor y gozo que se funden pues se refieren en la historia al acontecimiento más importante de la humanidad: la redención y liberación del pecado de la humanidad por el Hijo de Dios.
[ Mensaje Urbi et Orbi de S.S. Benedicto XVI para la Pascua de 2007 ]
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What is an iPad? How Does the iPad Work?
The iPad is a tablet computer produced by the marketing geniuses over at Apple. Unlike other tablet computers, the iPad was envisioned as the perfect tablet for people who work in jobs that involve audio and visual media — this is the tablet computer for people who already have a Macbook Pro, an iPhone, and a subscription to Wired magazine. The iPad is meant for optimal display of books and magazines, media like movies and music, and a better slice of the web than is currently available in other Apple handheld products. Apple released the first iPads in April 2010 and went on to sell over 3 millions iPads in 80 days. It turns out that businessmen and other professionals like the iPad as much as the media geeks it was designed for.
What does the iPad look like?
The iPad weighs about 25 ounces, somewhere between a fancy smartphone and alaptop computer. Like Apple’s other big products, the iPhone and the iPod Touch, the iPad has a multitouch display. Most tablet computers before the iPad used the venerable stylus, which designers saw as more of a headache than it was worth. The iPad connects to the Internet via Wi-Fi or a 3G mobile data connection, and allows users to check out the web, load and stream music and videos, and run all kinds of software. Your iPad is easy to manage and “sync” with your computer — you do it the same way you sync an iPod, by connecting to iTunes with a USB cable.
The back of the iPad is a cool silver color, like a dull chrome, and features the omnipresent Apple logo. The front of the iPad is mostly screen, with a few buttons — “Home”, “Sleep”, “Lock Screen Rotation”, and “Volume”. Lots of accessories are available, from cases to larger keyboard ports, with the idea being that people could integrate the iPad into the technology they already own.
How does the iPad work?
It would be fair to say that the iPad shot for the moon when it decided to produce the iPad. The technical challenges Apple overcame in producing the iPad would be worthless if people couldn’t see a need for what is essentially a larger and more powerful iPhone, sans phone capabilities. Think of the operating system the iPad uses — Apple practically invented an entirely new OS, called iOS 3.2.2. The challenge here was in creating an operating system with functionality somewhere between a Macbook and an iPhone. Core applications were rewritten from the ground up, and Apple was charged with the task of reinventing the way their computers operate.
The buzz over the iPad was genuine — just like with the iPod, Apple fans were itching to get their hands on the new tablet device. And just like the iPod, Apple’s creation isn’t exactly a new idea. Apple hoped to turn the tablet computer market (healthy but not exactly robust) into something that people went nuts for. You could envision hip brightly-colored commercials featuring businessmen typing on their iPads to the soothing sounds of Michael McDonald.
Do iPads run iPhone apps?
All this is to say that Apple’s iPad works very much along the lines of other tablet computers, with some unique Apple twists. For starters, Apple’s library of nearly 200,000 iPhone apps was like having a built-in software library. They very wisely made that app library available to iPad users. All iPads run iPhone apps at their original size, meaning the smaller size of the iPhone screen, or in something called “pixel doubled mode” which makes the app twice the size of the original iPhone size. Apps run in pixel doubled mode very nearly fill an iPad’s screen, making them more user friendly. The other good news for app freaks — app developers have a way to build their app to take advantage of the iPad’s features, including screen size. One way the iPad works — imitating what works about the iPhone.
How does the Internet work on an iPad?
Apple has gone out of its way to let it be known that the “i” in the name “iPad” stands for “Internet”. One of the big draws to the iPad is its web surfing abilities — the Internet experience on an iPhone is not really ideal. The iPad’s larger screen alone should vastly increase the Internet experience. Though Apple’s marketing department also insists that using an iPad is like “holding the entire Internet in your hand”, it is still unclear what they meant by “entire Internet”. The iPad is not able to run Java or Flash applications, so its Internet powers are fairly crippled.
What the iPad can do: connect via Wi-Fi networks, use something called Skyhook Wireless to provide your location for help with apps like Google Maps, run A-GPS for GPS functions, and use a special insert on the back of the machine to improve 3G radio sensitivity, for better connections than with other wireless devices. If you want to go wired Internet, you’re slightly less in luck. Yes, iPad has a dock connector but it is devoid of either Ethernet or USB ports. Let’s just say wireless is what the iPad does best.
Can I read eBooks on an iPad?
Apple went out of their way to include eBook reading capability, advertising the iPad with images of people reading magazines, newspapers, and books and seemingly enjoying it. The eBook software on the iPad looks like a bookshelf or your personal library — if you want to buy more eBooks, simply flip the bookshelf over with your finger (more fun that it sounds) and you have an online book store at your disposal. Check out the New York Times bestseller list or browse by title and author.
How’s the iPad keyboard?
Of major concern to tablet or handheld device users — the keyboard input. The iPad uses an on screen keyboard that is much larger than their other most famous touch keyboard, the iPhone.
Setup your iPad in landscape mode and the keyboard is pretty much the same size as a laptop keyboard. There’s been few complaints of sensitivity issues. Most people’s problem with the keyboard interface is the lack of intuitive features. Many iPad users have had to build their own macros or voice input systems for certain keyboard functions. But for a touch keyboard, the iPad gets great reviews.
The iPad sold lots of units in a short time, just like the iPhone and the various incarnations of the iPod. Time will tell if the iPad format is successful or just a fad.
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the first step is : know what is the kindle? here we gonna answer that question
What Is the Kindle?
The Kindle is an electronic device for downloading, storing, and reading electronic books, known as e-books. It was developed by a company called Lab 126 which is a subsidiary of Amazon. The Kindle has instant wireless access to Amazon.com and their huge number of e-books (over 115,000 and growing). You can read newspapers, subscribe to magazines and blogs, and even play audio files such as MP3’s or audio books. The Kindle is compact and lightweight so it is easy to handle. Just think of it as a conveniently portable television for your books.
How Does the Kindle Work?
The Kindle uses a grey screen to display a page of text. To turn the page, you just press a button to go forward or backward. It can download compatible files over Amazon’s Whispernet directly to the Kindle by using the same network as Sprint EVDO. You don’t even need a computer to download and then transfer files like you do some MP3 players and other electronics. It also includes a web browser but you are limited to only Amazon or Wikipedia. You can add and read e-books from other sites, too, as long as they are compatible. So you can download stuff from Mobipocket or even in plain text. Amazon offers an email service that can convert files from HTML, jpeg, bmp, PDF, and others into the Kindle format. There is enough internal memory in the Kindle to be able to store around 200 e-books but you can get an SD memory card if you want to add more memory.
Although the wireless service is free, you have to buy the e-books in order to download them. For instance, a book on the latest New York Times bestsellers list can be purchased for $10. Other titles will cost you around $1.99, which is significantly cheaper than a printed book, even in paperback. Books that are public domain can be downloaded for free.
Other Features of the Kindle
The Kindle can perform like a cross between a book and a word processor. You can bookmark, highlight certain text or words, and even look up definitions in the Kindle’s electronic dictionary. You can dog-ear a page that you are reading while make notes on the side for research. If you are in a hurry, the device can remember the last page that you read. If you want to transfer text to your computer, just save the particular pages as a text file and you can transfer it over to your computer by using a USB connection.
Don’t be confused thinking that the Kindle is just like an iPhone or similar device. It does not have color or personal settings. You can’t play games, call someone, or send text messages. And you have a limited Internet access all across the web. The Kindle is only for downloading and reading e-books and electronic documents.
Where Can You Download E-Books?
One of the best things about the Kindle is you are not limited to just what Amazon has to offer. There are other sites that are either Kindle compatible or they have file types that can be emailed in to Amazon and converted to the Kindle software. Here are just a few sites where you can find electronic books to read.
- Mobipocket – Lots of titles to choose from and you can load them directly to the Kindle.
- Fictionwise – One of the largest sellers of electronic books within the United States, you can download the file and then email it in to Amazon and have the format converted to the Kindle format.
- Webscriptions – This site sells e-books that are mostly in the fantasy, sci-fi, or mystery genre. They contain books by most of the major publishers in that market. Most of the older books can be downloaded for free.
- Feedbooks – This is a site for book sharing, new and unknown authors, and even do-it-yourself newspapers. You have to register to use the site but registration is free.
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